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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Two key details involving the climatic train chase--the train ramming into a police car and then having it jump the tracks at the US-Mexico border, had to be implemented carefully since neither of them could involve damaging the SP 4449. For the former, a fake pilot was installed over the real thing so it wouldn't be damaged, while the latter involved the creation of a wooden-mock up and the use of a live-steam model to enact the wreck.
* ThoseTwoActors: This film marks the fifth and final collaboration between Creator/BurtLancaster and Creator/KirkDouglas.
* ThoseTwoActors: This film marks the fifth and final collaboration between Creator/BurtLancaster and Creator/KirkDouglas.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $10 million. Total Gross: $21 million.
* CastTheExpert: The engineer of the ''Gold Coast Flyer'' is played by none other than Doyle [=McCormack=], the man who helped to restore and operate the film's locomotive, the iconic Southern Pacific 4449.
* TheOtherMarty: Eli Wallach had to take over from Adolph Cesar as Elon B. Little when the latter wound up with a severe stroke a few weeks into making the movie.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Adolph Cesar was the first choice for Elon B. Little, but Eli Wallach wound up taking his place when the former actor suffered a stroke during filming and passed away shortly thereafter.
* CastTheExpert: The engineer of the ''Gold Coast Flyer'' is played by none other than Doyle [=McCormack=], the man who helped to restore and operate the film's locomotive, the iconic Southern Pacific 4449.
* TheOtherMarty: Eli Wallach had to take over from Adolph Cesar as Elon B. Little when the latter wound up with a severe stroke a few weeks into making the movie.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Adolph Cesar was the first choice for Elon B. Little, but Eli Wallach wound up taking his place when the former actor suffered a stroke during filming and passed away shortly thereafter.
